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June 27, 2004

Gay Pride at Fort Tilden

After a crazy-ass night celebrating Karen's birthday at MisShapes, on Sunday a bunch of us got up bright and early, rented a van and decided to have a beach day at Ft. Tilden in Brooklyn.

david k, grant, me, meredith, miye
Despite only getting a few hours of sleep, we managed to pick up the van and be heading beachward before noon. Here's me, Meredith, Grant, Rachel and David and Miye in the back! Rented van, wooooooo!
driving ˆ rental car ˆ sunglasses ˆ van ˆ david k ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ miye
Crossing the Manhattan bridge into Brooklyn.
bridge ˆ driving
meredith
Meredith as (pants-less) navigator.
driving ˆ van ˆ meredith
Flatbush Avenue, baby.
driving ˆ nyc
At the end of Flatbush, you cross the Rockaway bridge and you're almost there.
bridge ˆ driving ˆ far rockaway
Voila! From Manhattan to the beach in less than thirty minutes.
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ ocean
david k, grant, meredith, miye, rachel
Meredith, David, Grant, Rachel and Miye.
beach ˆ best ˆ fort tilden ˆ walking ˆ david k ˆ grant ˆ meredith ˆ miye ˆ rachel
me
Once we hit the beach, it was portrait time!
beach ˆ camera ˆ meta ˆ ocean ˆ me
miye
Miye took a picture of me taking a picture of her. And then I took a picture...
beach ˆ camera ˆ meta ˆ miye
miye
...of her sweet, brown bum.
beach ˆ butt ˆ miye
rachel
Rachel eating a sandwich. Grant, I know you really liked her, but a belly chain to the beach? C'mon, now!
beach ˆ rachel
meredith
Meredith, being of the fair-skinned persuation, lotioned up with full-on sunblock (including a little dollop for where her hair parts so that her scalp wouldn't burn).
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ meredith
david k
David and Miye on the other hand, actually brought a jar of coconut cooking oil and slathered themselves up in it.
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ david k
miye
As their bodies heated up in the sun, I couldn't stop thinking about how badly I wanted a piña colada.
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ miye
The end of Meredith and Grant's mad-dash into the water.
fort tilden ˆ ocean
david k, miye
David getting some sweet back-walking action.
backwalk ˆ beach ˆ massage ˆ david k ˆ miye
grant
After an hour in the sun, some of the (many) treats we'd purchased on the car ride out, especially the chocolately ones, had gotten gooey. Rather than having to squirt it out of the wrapper like toothpaste, Grant decided to chill that motherfucker out in the ocean to return it to a more solid state. (Mmmmmmm....delicious Fastbreak).
beach ˆ hat ˆ ocean ˆ treats ˆ grant
colin, heather
In a crazy-ass coincidence, later that afternoon Colin and Heather showed up! They parked their set up a good 25 yards from us (so they could cannoodle in peace).
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ colin ˆ heather
grant
Grant caressing the bellychain.
beach ˆ grant
david bowie, me
June 27th is Gay Pride Day! David borrowed Miye's beach hat to show a little solidarity.
beach ˆ gay ˆ hat ˆ david bowie ˆ me
me
Yay, pride!
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ hat ˆ sunglasses ˆ me
david k, grant
ChelseaBoy flexdown!
best ˆ gay ˆ gun show ˆ david k ˆ grant
meredith
Meredith showing off her rainbow keyster
beach ˆ meredith
david k, miye
Squinty David and Winky Miye.
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ squinty ˆ wink ˆ david k ˆ miye
grant, miye
Around five, we decided to pack it up and head to the car.
walking ˆ grant ˆ miye
me, meredith
Meredith and me.
sunglasses ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
david k, grant, miye, rachel
Grant and Rachel were all the way in the back seat...
driving ˆ van ˆ david k ˆ grant ˆ miye ˆ rachel
david k, miye
...and then suddenly, they weren't. I handed David my camera for a sneaky, over-the-seat reconaissance mission and he discovered...
driving ˆ david k ˆ miye
grant
...Grant and Rachel working hard to out-do their previous night's "performance."
makeout ˆ grant
We headed back into Manhattan so that David could take their dog Tally for a quick walk...
bridge ˆ driving
david k, grant, meredith, miye, rachel
...and then we drove our rent-a-van out to Queens for our second delicious Thai meal at Sripraphai.
david k ˆ grant ˆ meredith ˆ miye ˆ rachel
grant, miye, rachel
Sooooooo tasty. Happy Gay Pride Day everyone!
food ˆ thai food ˆ grant ˆ miye ˆ rachel